Compound valve.



CQMPOU ND VALVE.

APPLNA'LmN um@ JULY 15, 1911.

' Patented Jan. 28, 12H3.

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- ihren sirius A W1Ll'lllllllll J'. BER/GENS, OF CLEVELAND, GHR),y ASSIG-NOR 0F ON'E-EURTH TO CARLETON viafrance L. TERRY AND ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN il.. BOIMMHARDT, 03F CLEVELAND, OHIO,

COMPOUND VALVE.

specificati@ of Leiters raient.

Lacasse.

Patented dan. Ltttll.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l', i/VILLIAM J. BERGENS, citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compound f outlet by the operation oli'one handle only.

This type of valve is especially useful in connection with lavatories, bath tubs, sinks 1 and the like, and the device makes la very desirable fixture, as the manipulation by only one hand is necessary to draw either hot or cold water or to combine the two to any desired temperature, the liquid in any case being' discharged from the sainelspout.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for lubricating the i yalve operating devices, the lubricant chambery being separate from the water passages so that the oil is not mixed with or affected by the water.

A further object of the invention is ,to provide an arrangement by which theoperating cani can be set to correspond to /the hot and cold water pipes in either positionthereoft. It is usual to place the hot'water supply pipe at the left side and the cold water pipe at the right, but this arrangement is sometimes reversed, and when it is, the valve herein described may be reversedv so that the pipes do not have to be crossed.

Various other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and Ythe accompanying drawings.

In the drawings-Figurel is a vertical section of the valve and part of a lavatory to which it is applied. Fig. 2 is a section on the line A-A of Fig". l, Fig. 3 is a plan of the top of the valve casing. Fig. Il

is a plan of a yoke forming part of the lix-l ture', and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the yoke. Fig. G is a detail in section showing the devices 'for connecting the valve to the lavatory body or slab.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 10

represents a waste lift handle, fitted to a metal socken 11, and l2 is a ferrule to fasi ten the handle and hold the sance in fixed position on the waste rod 29.

13 is a handle, and la is a groove in the hollow or tubular valve stein 24e, to receive the socket 15 of the handle.

16 is a lerrule connected by a screw cou pling 18 to the upper end of a sleeve 20 which is fastened to the lavatory slab by a nut 19, the iterrule holding in place an escutcheon 17 on top of the slab. The sleeve 2O extends through a suitable hole inthe slab and is integral with a` yoke 2l which tits against the underside of the slab and is held rigidly in position by means of the nut 191 On the underside ot' the yoke are two bosses 21:t provided with female threads engaging nipples 22 the lower ends of which screw into bosses 23 of the valve body 27 whereby the valve body is suspended from the yoke 'in rigid and llxed position. The

nipples have right and left threads so that adjustment may be obtained and` the valve set level even although the lavatory is warped or out of plumb.

The tubular valve stem 2l extends through the sleeve 2O and into the valvebody and at its lower end carries a cani socket piece 52, forming a connectionbetween` the handle and the cam whereby the latter may be turned.

28 s an inner tube or sleeve at the axis of the 'valve-body which extends upwardly into the outer sleeve 20, and also projects below the body ot the valve, and acts as a guide for the hollow operating stcnrra to revolve on, and also a dam or confining wall for the oil indicated atfl in the vcani chamber .Ll-4, which will be lil-led with oil at least-to the height permitted by the top of the tube 28.

The bottom extension 3Q otthe tube.'

threaded to receive a couplingl for the waste pipe 3l,

25 is a recessed nut which crews on the nippl Boh of' the valve casing, and holds packing 25d, and 2li is a nut on the bonnet 26 ol the valve easing. 32 is `an outlet extensiongpipe on the valve body 27, extending at anxangle to the body `of the valve and preferably integral with same, and coupled by a nut 33 with packing 33a to'a slip tube 34.

38 isa coupling nut, 38a indicates packing, and 39 a lock nut, and 39 a fiber washer,

- pipe which will be attached thereto. 35 spring 55 is confined in the barrel and said lock nut 39 being drawn up tight against the washer causing flange 420i a A ferrule 40 to fit tight against the web 4l of the slab, .the slip tube 34 extending from coupling 38 through the ferrule`4Q into the spigot 37 formed in the'ware-36.

The chamber 44 in the valve body is lo- I cated at the center thereof, and is separated from the water passages 45 by a wall, the

1g chamber beingfilled with oil as above stated,

andthe passages 45 lead to the oulet 32. The valve stems 48 are located at opposite sides of the body or central chamber and work through packing 46 andcglands 47 in vsaid wall so that said chamber is water and oil tight. The cam 49, or rather its extension sleeve 52 is mounted on the lower .end of the tubular stem 24 as above described. The cam has stops 50 and 51'which strike I '20 the valve stems to prevent reverse throw of the cam, and preferably the cam is so constructed that it will open the coldwater valve first. Thus in Fig. 2 the hot water valve is sliwnat the left and the cold water 25 valve at the right, and the cam is spaced from the latter so that the cold water valve is opened before the cam begins to operate on the hot water valve. p l

The inlet valvesare somewhat similar in construction, and a description ofone will apply to both. Eachvalve barrel is indicated at 53., and this serves as a coupllng between the main valve casing and the inlt 40 on its various sides the hotY watervalveY has recesses 58 of different lengt-hs, forming' graduated'inlet ports to prevent'hot water being turned on too suddenly.

57 is a langeon thevalve andV 59 is the valve seat at the end of the barrel 53. The

disk or washer 60 which closes against the seat is fastened by a washer 6l and a lock nut 62.

In the operation of the valve the cam is inserted in the central chamber either right or left according to the manner in which the hot 'and cold Iwater pipes are set, so vasA to always have the cam act on the cold water valve first. Byturning the handle in the proper direction clockwise in Fig. 2 the cam 1s turned andv forces the valvewstemsl 48 outwardly, the cold water valve first and the hot water valve next, lifting the disks from the valve seats 59 and opening the 60 valves, allowing t-he water to flow through the passages45 where it is mixed and passes through the outlet 32 to the spigot 37. By turning the cam more or less the proportion of hot waterrelative to theicold waterY is varied and consequently the temperature of the water lmay be varied' as` desired.' By turning the cam Vfar enough the stemof the cold waterrvalvefwill passV over the rige of the. cam and hot water only will b'de.-

livered. When .the high parts of'thecamvlm are in line with the tworsvterns'both hot vand cold water areturned on;

V cate the cam and the valve stem so that the valve will not rust or clog and will alwa s work easily. The entire separation'of t e water passages and the oil chamber is an im portant advantage;Y Y. t

Asfstated, the cam 49 is reversible. As

Shown in Fig, 2 it will openthe right hand or cold water valve first. If the supplyipipes etV are foundlersed, thecarn can be inserted I Viirreverse position 'or' turned halfflway around, so as to open the left hand 'valve lirst. .This is important and is' not conveniently possible withV anyother ttil'lg known to me, and is permitted by the factthat the stops 50 and 51 are integral with the cam, so that they will operate in either position.

Having thus described my invention, what IA claim as nei;7 and desire to-secure ters Patent is l v1. A compound valve comprising a casin having a plurality of inlets and a contrai chamber and also having an outlet and assages connecting said outlet with the inlets, va ves at the .inlets having stems extending throughthe wall of said chamber, a; cam' es by Let located in the chamber and bearingr against,

the valve stems, a tube extending-through the chamber 'and around which the turns, andod s leeve connectedQtoY-Ythe 'clim' and extending aI'OllJld Said tube andvprrr vided with an operating handle.

2. A compound valve comprising a casing having a plurality of inlets and an outlet communicating therewith, valves'in vsaid inlets and located in diametrcally opposite positions and a cam located in the casing between the valve stems, to operate the same, said cam being reversible, to operate either valve first, and having projecting v stops which operate in either position of the cam to limit the throw thereof.

3. A compound valve comprising a casing havingapluralitypf inlets and an outlet communicating therewithfa'l'ves`in-saidingV lets and located in'diametrically opposite positions and a reversible cam located in the casing between the valve stems, to operate the same, and means reversible with the cam to control the travel thereof.

4. A valve comprising a casing having a lubricant chamber and a water passage th'ereinja valve element controlling *said* Said chamber, an operating the lubricant, and a sleeve connecd to the operating'device and surrounding said tube and provided with a handle.

5. A valve comprising a casing having a iui'd passage therein, an oil chamber Separated from said passageA and provided with a tube extending above file body of jr'he valve to form a dani to inciose the oil, n valve eienient controlling said passage,' and an 0pextending in'to *I @rating device extending around the tube and into the chamber and adaped io uct on the valve element, to open the valve.

6. The combination in :i mixing valve of a lubricating chamber, a Sleeverising from vthe chamber, and a valve Stem surrounding. 20 the Seeve and forming with it a confining y chamber for the lubricant.

In testimony whereof, I 'nix my signature in presence of two Witnesses..

i 1NILLLUVI J. BERGENS.

\ ."Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHAnm',v J. B, DAVIS. 

